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Your support makes all the difference.Night sky watchers across the world have been enjoying a “super flower blood moon”, a spectacular phenomenon caused by the May full moon coinciding with both the satellite being at its closest point to the Earth during its orbit - making it appear larger and brighter - and a lunar eclipse causing the moon to turn red as it drifts into our planet’s shadow.
The sight has made for extraordinary photographs from the Western United States to Sydney Harbour but, somewhat typically, amateur astronomers in the UK watching the skies from Stonehenge were left frustrated by heavy cloud cover obscuring their view.
While the supermoon is visible across the world, the partial eclipse will only be viewable in parts of the US, eastern Latin Americas and eastern regions of Russia and Asia, although it will be streamable in the UK this morning.
NASA: Set your alarms for Super Flower Blood Moon
“Supermoon + total lunar eclipse? It’s showtime,” tweeted the US space agency.
What makes a supermoon different from normal?
NASA took to Twitter to explain what is different about a supermoon and a normal moon.
Here is Super Flower Blood Moon weather forecast in Utah
Forecasters say central part of the state is best place to see the Blood Moon.
Super Flower Blood Moon: The best places to watch it in California
Night sky watchers in the western United States are set to enjoy a “super flower blood moon ” in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
As the moon enters the Earth’s shadow it will turn a blood red colour during a total lunar eclipse, the first time in two years that it can be seen from the US.
The best places to watch the Super Flower Blood Moon in California
It is the first time in two years that it can be seen from United States
Where Super Flower Blood Moon will be visible
Experts say that best visibility will be in western United States.
Super Flower Blood Moon 2021: What is the meaning behind May full moon’s name?
A double lunar spectacle this week will make the Flower full moon of May extra special, combining the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2021 with the first lunar eclipse in nearly two years.
The eclipse – which is only visible in parts of Asia, Australasia and the Americas – will also give the moon a reddish appearance, earning it the moniker “Blood Moon”.
Anthony Cuthbertson has more.
What is the meaning behind this week’s rare Flower Full Moon?
Rare celestial coincidence earns May’s full moon an unusually long name
Blood supermoon May 2021: What is rare lunar spectacle and when will it appear?
The full moon in May will coincide with two rare events that will make it appear bigger, brighter, and – in some places – redder.
The celestial coincidence has earned this month’s full moon the moniker ‘Blood supermoon’, and it will be the first one since 2019.
Anthony Cuthbertson has the story.
When and where will May’s rare ‘Blood’ supermoon appear?
Nasa explains why the next full moon will have a ‘deep, rosy glow’
‘Blood’ supermoon will be most spectacular in years
This month’s full moon will appear bigger, brighter and redder than usual, as the rare simultaneous occurrence of a supermoon and a lunar eclipse takes place in some parts of the world on 26 May.
May’s full moon is the second of two supermoons in 2021, with the previous one taking place in April over largely cloudy skies in the UK.
Anthony Cuthbertson has more.
May’s ‘Blood supermoon’ will be the most spectacular full moon in years
Lunar eclipse will coincide with satellite’s closest approach to Earth to create peculiar red effect
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